Hiho Silver Awaaaaaay!

I packed my shit early on Saturday morning for the 4WD trip out to Cervantes. Like any good road trip, you need to kick it off with a good breakfast. What better than a large Quarter Pounder with cheese meal from Maccas!

Post Maccas it was up to Brand Highway (where a wrong turn never killed anyone) and up to Regans Ford for a dunny break and some tennis balls. It was my one request that someone bring a cricket set for some beach cricket.

The drive up was fairly uneventful as we decided to make a bee-line straight to Cervantes, grab some food and check out the Pinnacles whilst the sun was low.

Raj, Rachel, Julz and I at the Pinnacles

From the Pinnacles we headed up some tracks to some secluded beaches, a little too windy to be all nice and romantic, but it was still cool to know that not many people venture out as far as we did, let alone walk out from the main driving track to run up sand-dunes. Awesome view.

The navigation team

Me up on the dunes

The sun going down behind us

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Secluded beaches

Lake Thetis and its stromatolites

After much touristy stuff we we crashed out at the pub for a cooked cray with chips and the $5 drink specials. I still managed to get a nap in before dinner, just to work up those enzymes! Dinner was tres bien! We then continued back to the lodge (where I stayed on this trip) for Bacardi Black and I ended up conking out not long after 9pm. SOFT!

I heard a symphony of snoring from Raj and Julz during the night, with an occasional crescendo which normally resulting in someone turning over whilst sleeping.

Next morning when packing our stuff back into the fourby, I managed to locate and collect the tow ball with my right knee - which has bruised up quite nicely, thanks for asking :) It was off to the servo for breakfast and some killer pythons.

It was onto more 4-wheel-driving action as we headed down the 4WD tracks to Lancelin from about 11am. We took many a wrong turn and right turn, all of us had a go at driving (or attempting to) and generally checking out the scenery. We spotted some emus and kangaroos, but the only one I could get a photo of was a dead one.

Emu (I swear it was gonna charge at the car)

Dead roo

When we did FINALLY arrive at Lancelin about 4 and a half hours later we had worked up a hunger and were keen to check out the pub. Unfortunately they weren't serving food till later in the day so we did a lap of Lancelin and spotted a new café that had opened. I ripped into the Sweetlip Snapper and chips and a beer... Mmm!

Sunday concluded with a game of cricket in the carpark of the restaurant which was about 50m from the beach. We managed to blow out two tennis balls and work up a sweat. "Bowling Shaaaaaayne" was the call. It was windy and pretty cool, but with the long fine breaks, a great weekend in all, with superb company.